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| Genre | Comedy Puppetry |
| Created by | Eric Friedman |
| Starring | Cole Jensen Tim Lagasse Landry Bender Oana Gregory Aaron Landon |
| Opening theme | "Crash & Bernstein" performed by Cole Jensen and Tim Lagasse |
| Ending theme | "Crash & Bernstein" (short version) |
| Composer | Jamie Dunlap |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 14 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Eric Friedman Mike Larsen |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Production companies | It's a Laugh Productions Disney XD Original Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney XD |
| Release | October 8, 2012 (2012-10-08) – present |
Crash & Bernstein is a live action television comedy with puppetry which premiered on October 8, 2012 on Disney XD. Created by Eric Friedman, the series centers around a teenaged son, among three sisters, who wishes to have a brother. His wishes come true when a puppet named Crash comes to life. Production for the series began in May 2012. On November 9, 2012 Disney XD extended the series' first season to 26 episodes.
Sesame Street and Muppets performer Tim Lagasse stars as the voice and puppeteer for Crash.
Plot
For his birthday, Wyatt Bernstein is taken to a Build-A-Bestie store where he creates a puppet that he names Crash, who comes to life as the brother he always wanted. Crash and Wyatt must deal with three sisters of various ages at home, as the two might have their differences like other brothers do, but they still have each other's back.
Characters
Main characters
- Crash (performed by Tim Lagasse) is a puppet-like character that was created at the time of Wyatt's visit to Build-A-Bestie. Lagasse is assisted in performing Crash by Paul McGinnis who operates the arms, legs, and props of Crash.
- Wyatt Bernstein (Cole Jensen) is a 12-year-old boy, among three sisters, who wishes to have a brother. This results in Wyatt building Crash at Build-A-Bestie.
- Cleo Bernstein (Landry Bender) is one of Wyatt's sisters who shares a room with him. She is a money-making schemer who makes products for her "company" called CLEO.
- Amanda Bernstein (Oana Gregory) is Wyatt's older sister who often gets annoyed at Crash's shenanigans. She is sometimes distracted by her beauty.
- Pesto (Aaron Landon) is Wyatt's best friend who has a crush on Amanda. Pesto's parents own Iconic Arcade which is where he works. During the beginning of the show he used to hate Crash, but now seem to be somewhat of friends.
Recurring characters
- Mel Bernstein (Mary Birdsong) is the mother of Wyatt, Cleo, Amanda, and Jasmine.
- Jasmine Bernstein (Mckenna Grace) is Wyatt's youngest sister, who owns a doll named Princess Glitter that Crash is in love with.
- Scottie (Curtis Harris) is one of Wyatt's friends at school.
- Mr. Poulos (Danny Woodburn) is the landlord of the Bernstein's apartment building. Mr. Poulos carries around a swear jar which he swears into so that nobody can hear his profanity. In "Shorty Crash," it was revealed that Mr. Poulos once had broken some world records like the world's longest beard, the most poodles groom, and the longest run through the sewer pipes amongst other things.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 26 | October 8, 2012 (2012-10-08) | — | |
Episodes
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | "Crash Lands" | Bruce Leddy | Eric Friedman | October 8, 2012 (2012-10-08) | 0.63 | |
| Wyatt builds a puppet at the Build-A-Bestie store as the puppet named Crash comes to life, and the two "brothers" plan to get Wyatt his own room. Crash tries to talk to Mel, but she disagrees and tries to get Amanda to leave. The plan goes awry when Crash cuts the wall of Wyatt's side of the room as the two argue. Crash leaves when Wyatt says he doesn't want a brother who just destroys things. Crash then goes to the arcade to apologize to Wyatt and promises he won't cause any more trouble. Crash then takes responsibility for the wall. The apartment's landlord Mr. Poulos gives Crash a job to destroy the Build-A-Bestie store, unless Crash gets to bring Wyatt. | ||||||
| 2 | "Scaredy Crash" | Robbie Countryman | T. Sean Shannon | October 15, 2012 (2012-10-15) | 0.46 | |
| Crash tries to help Wyatt conquer his fear of insects (after he put a tarantula in his mouth), but then Crash develops a fear of moustaches after getting a shot at the doctor's office. Meanwhile, Amanda sees "Bloody Butcher 2: Chop House of Gore" (a horror movie revolving around a murderous butcher) and develops a phobia for meat and anything that has to do with butchery even though Mel claimed to have seen it. When Mel does see the movie, she has the same reaction that Amanda had. | ||||||
| 3 | "Coach Crash" | Bruce Leddy | Jim Armogida & Steve Armogida | October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22) | 0.47 | |
| Crash takes over as coach of Wyatt's basketball team, after insulting the last one who then quit. Crash ends up benching Wyatt for a taller basketball player. Meanwhile, Amanda tries to raise money to buy a watch. | ||||||
| 4 | "Educating Crash" | Bruce Leddy | Mike Larsen | October 29, 2012 (2012-10-29) | 0.57 | |
| Wyatt takes Crash to school and Crash thinks it is prison, because he watched an all-night marathon about prisons. Crash takes on The Slapper (the meanest kid in school) which makes him and Wyatt popular. However, Crash gets in trouble with Vice-Principal Takashi (Karen Maruyama) after pulling the fire alarm and Wyatt takes the blame for Crash. At home, Crash has nowhere to sleep as he keeps sleeping Cleo's side of the room. He cuts off half of Cleo's mattress and makes himself a bed above Wyatt. | ||||||
| 5 | "Party Crasher" | Robbie Countryman | Ryan Levin | November 5, 2012 (2012-11-05) | 0.76 | |
| Pesto wants Crash's and Wyatt's help to get him into a high school pool party to which Amanda has been invited. Wyatt over-compliments Amanda and she gets him invited. Crash thinks he has ruined his and Pesto's chances after spilling a drink into the party host's bike helmet, but confesses and all are invited. | ||||||
| 6 | "Home Alone... With Crash" | Bruce Leddy | David Nichols | November 12, 2012 (2012-11-12) | 0.69 | |
| Crash convinces Amanda to go to the arcade and tutor a student, leaving him and Wyatt in charge. Jasmine manages to get stuck in wall vent during a game of hide and seek and Mr. Poulos has the only keys for the other end to get her out after he accidentally locked her in. Wyatt and Crash attempt to steal them and get caught, but the kids are able to free Jasmine. Mr. Poulos threatens to call Mel, but doesn't after Wyatt blackmails him by mentioning that the part with Jasmine getting locked in the wall vent happened on his watch. Crash and Mr. Poulos then spend an evening on the balcony acting like southern gentlemen as Mel tries to join them. | ||||||
| 7 | "Motorcycle Crash" | Bruce Leddy | Eric Friedman | November 26, 2012 (2012-11-26) | 0.60 | |
| Both Crash and Pesto want to be Wyatt's one and only best friend—whichever two friends get the highest score from the retiring arcade game at Iconic Arcade, they get their picture on the Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, Crash tries to help Cleo cover up the damages to the couch their fighting caused before Mel finds out. | ||||||
| 8 | "Undercover Crash" | Rich Correll | Ryan Levin | January 14, 2013 (2013-01-14) | 0.41 | |
| Wyatt teaches Crash that taking items belonging to other people is wrong. They return the stolen items including some from the arcade where they encounter Doris, an elderly con artist asking for donations. Crash and Wyatt keep Doris busy until the cops arrive. | ||||||
| 9 | "System Crash" | Rich Correll | Tiffany Lo & Ethel Lung | January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21) | 0.49 | |
| Just as Crash becomes obsessed with technology and the Internet from the Bernsteins teaching him about it, an intense windstorm causes the Internet and phone to go down. Amanda, her friend Jennifer and Cleo resort to improvising until the systems come back on. When things get worse, Mr. Poulos suggests everyone play a game of living-room football. The two teams consist of Crash, Wyatt, and Jennifer against Cleo, Mr. Poulos, and Amanda. | ||||||
| 10 | "Crash Crush" | Dan Milano | T. Sean Shannon | January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28) | 0.34 | |
| At Jasmine's sixth birthday party, Crash develops a crush on a puppet named Lola (who he thinks is alive) and begins dating her, as Lola's puppeteer (Patrick Bristow) starts taking advantage of Crash. Wyatt tries to prove to Crash that Lola is a puppet. Meanwhile, Mel and Cleo try to get Jasmine to like their birthday gifts. | ||||||
| 11 | "Shorty Crash" | Brent Carpenter | Jim Armogida & Steve Armogida | February 4, 2013 (2013-02-04) | 0.50 | |
| Crash goes through extreme measures in order to make himself taller when he is unable to ride a roller coaster called the Decapitator. Crash eventually learns about the world records that Mr. Poulos has broken. Wyatt attempts to make it through Picture Day without hurting himself under threat from Mel that she'll give the $100 he gets from Grandma Rose to charity. This proves to be difficult when he gets gum caught on his hair as Amanda tries to fix it before Picture Day. Meanwhile, Cleo tries her first make-up project that makes Mel's face partially purple due to an allergic reaction to one of the ingredients of the make-up. | ||||||
| 12 | "Release the Crashen" | Sean Mulcahy | Erinne Dobson & Shannon Fopeano | February 11, 2013 (2013-02-11) | N/A | |
| Crash and Wyatt receive an unwelcomed house guest named Gerry as Mel forces them to hang out with their new neighbor who has some strange annoying habits. Mel ends up meeting Gerry's mother Gretchen who has the same habits that Gerry has. | ||||||
| 13 | "Cold Hard Crash" | Sean Mulcahy | Tim Brenner | February 18, 2013 (2013-02-18) | 0.59 | |
| Crash gets rich when the Bernstein's next door neighbor Ms. Lopez moves away to Alaska and leaves Crash her fortune and pet cats. Meanwhile, Wyatt competes against Scottie for President of the Snowboard Club. | ||||||
| 14 | "Crashtagion" | Bruce Leddy | David Nichols | February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25) | 0.56 | |
| Mel, Cleo, Amanda and Jasmine get sick, so Wyatt and Crash must care for them. Crash learns all about germs and works to keep himself from getting infected. | ||||||
| 15 | "Crash Jacked" | Unknown | Unknown | March 4, 2013 (2013-03-04) | N/A | |
| Wyatt is put in a scary situation with the school bully, "The Slapper," after he refuses to give him his bike, leading to the bully's plan to capture Crash, but things don't go as planned when Crash ends up taking control. | ||||||
| 16 | "Crash vs. Flex" | Unknown | Unknown | March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11) | N/A | |
| Crash gets jealous when Wyatt finds his old Flex Fletcher action figure; Cleo turns a tag sale into a money-making business venture. | ||||||
| 17 | "Crashus Maximus" | Unknown | Unknown | March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18) | N/A | |
| Crash develops multiple personalities when he is struck by lightning, one of which is a Roman gladiator. | ||||||
| 18 | "Crashlemania" | Unknown | Unknown | March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25) | N/A | |
| Wyatt, Crash and Pesto join the school's wrestling team. | ||||||
Reception
Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media, which informs parents about media choices for their children, gave Crash & Bernstein a three star rating out of five, stating, "This is one of those case-by-case shows that needs you to be mindful of your child's response to what he or she sees on TV." She added, "Since much of the show's laughs result from the characters' misbehavior, it's important that viewers understand the difference between fantasy and reality. If your son and his brother decide to remedy a lack of space in their bedroom by knocking down a wall, that will have more serious consequences than what they see Wyatt and Crash suffer from the same action. If your kids do watch, be sure you talk about how the characters' actions would be received in the real world instead of the TV universe.".
International release
| Country / Region | Channel | Series premiere | Title in country |
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 United States
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Disney XD | October 8, 2012 | Crash & Bernstein |
 Canada
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Disney XD (Canada), Family | November 3, 2012 | |
 United Kingdom Ireland
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Disney XD (UK & Ireland) | January 10, 2013 | Crash & Bernstein |
 Australia New Zealand
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Disney Channel (Australia) | 2013 | Crash & Bernstein |
 Russia
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Disney Channel (Russia) | March 17, 2013 | Крэш и Бернштейн |
 Denmark Finland Norway Sweden
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Disney XD (Scandinavia) | 2013 | Crash & Bernstein |
 Brazil Argentina  Chile  Colombia  Mexico  Venezuela  Peru
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Disney XD (Latin America) | April 13, 2013 (Sneak Peek) April 20, 2013 (Series Premiere) |
Crash & Bernstein |
 France
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Disney XD (France) | January 30, 2013 | Crash et Bernstein |
 South Africa
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Disney XD (South Africa) | February 9, 2013 | Crash & Bernstein |
 Poland
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Disney XD (Poland) | February 11, 2013 | Crash i Bernstein |
References
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- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 11, 2012). "Disney XD Greenlights Live-Action/Puppet Comedy Series 'Crash & Bernstein'". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ Andreeva (November 9, 2012). "Disney Channel And Disney XD Order Additional Episodes From Four Series". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- "Ratings - Monday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Remains Untouchable with "Monday Night Football"". The Futon Critic. October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
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- http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/crash-and-bernstein-crash-jacked/EP015577810015?aid=zap2it
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